@ Lonely Raven:I think it is mostly Lon who has created these awesome threads and kept them going for months at a time, when we all were too busy to post much.

Honestly, I think I know Lon well enough (from this site only, mind you) that he would have no problem at all with MORE back and forth comments between posters. If one person found a new music to listen to then all the talk about it would just build the fire.

I feel that Lon will agree: Recommend away!!

In fact, I'll start.I usually only give Newish jazz a short listen, but I found this in a discount bin and I really like it a lot, despite it "being a girl and she is Japanese."

I absolutely agree with you, recommendations here are great to read and write, and appropriate imo in this thread.

No music for me. I brought a personal Blu-ray player with me, but left the remote at home and can't turn it on! Was going to listen to music here in the hotel room but now I can't. But at my pal Dave's I listened to a great Kenny Barron cd with the late Charlie Haden and the great Roy Haynes.

I mentioned the massive vinyl strike I lucked into; this is another one I have cleaned and sanitized over the past couple of days.From what I am told on the Steve Hoffman forum, this is an extremely rare LP.I love every second of it! I generally enjoy Bari-sax players.

This my next recommendation. Unfortunately this one is probably in the worst condition of the entire lot, however, I will listen to it over and over again.I am very pleased. I have researched and found that there is a remastered CD available.

@ JD, what a pair up! You know the whole time I was watching it I was thinking how much he sounded like Eddie Vedder, except not as deep of a barritone as Vedder for sure. Then there's a YouTube video of Glenn Hansard and Eddie Vedder performing the hit song Falling Slowly from the movie. IMO Hansard has a great voice and his lyrics are very interesting.

@ LR, check it out! You won't regret it, I would think your girl will like it too, aside from the great music the story is pretty cool.

p.s. forgot to mention there's going to be a Broadway type play of this very soon, if not already out.

Beowulf, the musical, "Once" won several Tonys in 2012 including best Musical. It's still on Broadway and has begun a touring company as of October 2013. I'll be seeing it here in Dallas in December. Mark

"The man that hath no music in himself, nor is not moved with the concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, deceptions, and spoils;The motions of his spirit are dull as night and his affections dark as Hell. Let no such man be trusted." William Shakespeare